choirboy

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choirboy

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From choir + boy.

noun choirboys · choir boy

  1. A boy chorister.
  2. figuratively A piously innocent person. Kordic is no choirboy. The tribunal has accused him of crimes against humanity for helping to orchestrate a massive campaign of persecution against Muslims in the Lasva valley in central Bosnia.

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noun piously innocent person

Françaisenfant de chœur
DeutschChorknabe

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@misc{choirboy_2026,
  title = {choirboy},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/choirboy},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}